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漱 — Gargle

JLPT N114 strokesSecondary school#2054 most used
gargle, rinse mouth
On’yomiソウ (sou)
On’yomiシュウ (shuu)
On’yomi (su)
Kun’yomiくちすす (kuchisusugu)
Kun’yomiくちそそ (kuchisosogu)
Kun’yomiうがい (ugai)
Kun’yomiすす (susugu)

Stroke order (14 strokes)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).

Study notes

漱 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 14 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #2054 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).

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